This is the blog of Susan Lazear, Professor of Fashion at Mesa College in San Diego, California, and owner of Cochenille Design Studio, a company that produces software for the textile arts.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Queen Califia's Magic Circle: Color and Mosaic Inspiration

In the city of Escondido, just outside of San Diego, Kit Carson Park hosts the best surprise. It is a mosaic structure created by French artist Niki de Saint Phalle. Known as Queen Califia's Magic Circle, this sculpture gardent was created for Escondido children, and you will find Mosaic pieces include glass and a variety of tiles, hand-made tiles, smaller sculptures and so on. Niki de Saint Phalle passed away in 2002, but left this (and many other) mosaic as a testimony of life.

As fiber and textile artists, we can be inspired by the many mosaic pieces that create the whole. Think of a quilt or patchwork, or modular knitting or crochet.

Here you can see Queen Califia, and a shot of Leah and I looking at a glass piece of mosaic.

This is a mosaic bench.Here we are, sitting inside the center sculpture. This gives you a sense of the scale of the place.

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About Me

There is not a dull moment in my life. I am involved in all things creative, and enjoy the world around me.
As a Professor of Fashion at San Diego Mesa College, I enjoy teaching various courses such as Textiles, Textile Design, Fashion History, Ethnic Costume, Computer Fashion Design (Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.), Patternmaking, Draping, and so on.
As owner of Cochenille Design Studio, I involve myself in developing software for the textile arts. (see our blog at http://cochenilledesignstudio.blogspot.com). See also our website and blogs (Cochenille Design Studio and Susan's Favorite reads) at our website at www.cochenille.com.